Improved locking wardrobe-hook



OSCAR NICHOLSON,

'0F NEW YORK. N. Y.

Letters .Patent No. 92,344, lated July 6, 1869.

IMPROVED LOCKING WARDROBE-HOOK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, OSCAR NICHOLSON, of the city, county, and State of New York', have invented a new and improvedLock Wardrobe-Hook; and I do hereby declare that the following i-s afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, iu which- Figure 1 is -a side View of myimproved lock wardrobe-hook, the capplate being removed.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view of the same, taken through the line x x, iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding ptrts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an im'- proved wardrobe-hook for holding clothing iii-halls, otlices, and other places to which others besides the owner of said'clothes have access', which shall be so constructed and arranged that it may be securely locked, to secure the clothing from being carried o'; and

1t consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the hook, as hereinafter more fully described. A is the stationary part of the hook, the base of which is securely attached to the wall, or other support. v

- B is the movable part ofthe hook, which is pivoted to the stationary part A, as shown in iig. 1.

Upon the forward ends of the parts A and B are formed heads or jaws a b, which, when the hook is locked, clamp the clothing between them, holding it securely.

Upon the rear end ofthe part B is formed a curved arm, b2, having ratchet-teeth formed upon its roar or convex side, as shown in tig. 1, and which enters a groove in the base ot' the part A.

'lhe lower part of this groove is enlarged into a chamber to receive the pawl C, which is pivoted to the part A, and is hold forward by thc spring D, so'

that its'forward or working-end may take hohl of the teeth of the arm b2 and prevent the parts A and B from heilig opened without first raising the said pawl 0 from the said arm b2, thus securely locking the hook.

E is a guard attached to the pawl C, and projecting forward into such a position that it may be reached and operated by the key.

By varying the thickness and lengt-h of the guard E, an unlimited number of changes may he produced, so that each hook can only be unlocked with its own key.v

F is the cap-plate, which is formed with an outwardly-projecting chamber of sutiieient size to receive the key, and allow it to be turned iar enough to raise the pawl C from the toot-hed arm b", to allow the hook to be openedto release the clothing, the pawl and toothed arm being so constructed as to slide over eachother as the hook is being closed, locking the hook automatically. A

Having thus described my invention,

\Vhat I claim as new, and 'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' The combination ofthe parts A and li, constructed substantially as described, toothed arln I, pawl C, spring 1), and guard E, with each other, substantially as herein shown and described, and foi-the purpose set forth.

The abovel specification of my invention signed by me, this 11th day ot May, 156i).

OSCAR NICHOLSON.

Witnesses FRANK BLocKLnY, JAMES T. GnauAM. 

